Player + nickname = instant fun!

[da man]

I only thought that because the Missing Link was a pro wrestler in the 1980s.

Anyways, since it's my turn:

Sport: Baseball

Nickname: Ugly

Hint: There's a reference on the Obscure Trivia thread.

Ha! I saw that on the other thread!

 

[Scout]

Don Mossi?

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Don Mossi?

Nope. His nickname was The Sphinx, or Ears, according to Baseball Reference.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Johnny Dickshot.

Baseball from the 1950s: "Bow Wow" and "Ach."

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Johnny Dickshot.

Baseball from the 1950s: "Bow Wow" and "Ach."

You got it. I laughed my ass off when I saw the nickname on Baseball Reference. Even funnier is the mini-biography on the page, where he owned a tavern after he retired and would frequently call his wife at home to look up info to settle bar bets.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Hank "Bow Wow" Arft.

Bob "Ach" Duliba. His last name was pronounced Due-lee-bah. Hence the "Ach."